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Our Story
A legacy of compassionate care
Since 1987, Heartway Corporation has carried one conviction — that every person deserves to age with dignity, comfort and connection, close to the community they love.
Who we are
A nonprofit, by design
Heartway Corporation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. That structure is a promise: we answer to the residents and families in our care and to the communities we serve — not to outside shareholders. Every dollar we steward goes back into our people, our care and our homes.
What began as a calling to care for our neighbors has grown into a family of communities across Oklahoma, each carrying the Heartway name and the standards behind it.
Our mission
Best in class, in every town we serve
“Our mission is to be recognized as the best in class by being the leading provider of care and rehabilitative services within the communities we serve. By listening to our customers — the residents, families, staff and the community — our dedicated staff are creating a warm, caring, dignified and safe environment for all those we serve.”
Caring is at the heart of what we do — and together, as the Heartway family, we are committed to caring for our customers.
Excellence
We hold ourselves to the highest standard of clinical care.
Integrity
We do what is right, especially when no one is watching.
Teamwork
We care as one team, across every community.
Our beginning
It started in 1987
Heartway began in 1987 with a single Oklahoma nursing home and a simple conviction: that our neighbors deserved to grow older with dignity, comfort and care — without leaving the towns and people they loved.
That calling never changed. Over nearly four decades it has grown into a family of communities across Oklahoma, each one keeping the local character its town knows while sharing the same nonprofit mission, clinical standards and the name above the door: Heartway.
Our journey into healthcare
From healthcare finance to healthcare stewardship
For forty years, the team behind Heartway has worked in healthcare finance and restructuring — with a heart for distressed and underserved communities. That experience became a calling: creating nonprofit operators that preserve access to care, first in Florida and then in Oklahoma.
40
Years in healthcare finance & stewardship
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States with Heartway-family nonprofit operators
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Occupancy at sister community Buena Vida Estates
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Oklahoma communities — and growing carefully
Today, Heartway’s Oklahoma operations team provides experienced management and support to every community in our family — and as new homes join us, our commitment stays the same: stability first, then careful, mission-driven growth.
Bridge to success
Five commitments, one standard
Our operating philosophy is simple enough to count on one hand. Every Heartway community — and every leader in it — is coached and measured on the same five commitments.
People
Great care starts with hiring, growing and keeping great people.
Customer service
We listen first — to residents, families, staff and the community.
Quality
Clinical excellence, measured and improved every single day.
Financial stewardship
Nonprofit dollars managed carefully, so care always comes first.
Growth & innovation
Better ways to serve — adopted thoughtfully, never rushed.
Caring for our team
We take care of the people who take care of you
Great care comes from a supported team. Heartway team members enjoy paid vacation that grows with years of service, sick time that accrues every pay period, a 401(k) with company matching, and education reimbursement that helps caregivers advance their careers.
Paid vacation
Time to rest and recharge, growing with your years of service.
Sick time
Accrued every pay period, because life happens.
401(k) with matching
Company matching to help every team member build a future.
Education reimbursement
Tuition support and scholarships for growing your career in care.
A growing family
Stronger together
As more Oklahoma communities join Heartway, residents and families gain the reassurance of shared clinical standards, shared expertise and a nonprofit mission that always puts people first — while each home keeps the local character its town knows and loves.
- Six communities across six Oklahoma hometowns
- Medicare & Medicaid certified care
- 24-hour skilled nursing & in-house rehabilitation
- Governed by a dedicated nonprofit board